List: Core Japanese words

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  abbreviation  noun  noun (generic) 

• subway, metro, underground (railway)

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  い adjective  adjective (generic) 

• near, close, short (distance)
• close (in time), soon
• close (relationship), friendly, intimate
• closely related
• similar, almost the same, close to, nearly

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  い adjective  adjective (generic) 

• small, little, tiny
• slight, below average (in degree, amount, etc.), minor, small
• low (e.g. sound), soft (e.g. voice)
• unimportant, petty, insignificant, trifling, trivial
• young, juvenile

Wordpopular  obsolete kanji  irregular okurigana  JLPT N4  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  adverb 

• good, advantage, benefit, welfare
• sake, purpose, objective, aim
• consequence, result, effect
• affecting, regarding, concerning

Wordpopular  irregular kanji usage  JLPT N5  Ichidan verb  verb (generic)  transitive verb 

• to eat
• to live on (e.g. a salary), to live off, to subsist on

Wordpopular  irregular kanji usage  JLPT N5  い adjective  adjective (generic) 

• enjoyable, fun, pleasant, happy, delightful

Wordpopular  JLPT N4  adverb 

• for example, for instance, e.g.

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  usually written using kana alone  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  な adjective  noun  noun (generic)  adverb  noun (suffix) 

• a lot, lots, plenty, many, a large number, much, a great deal, a good deal
• enough, sufficient
• enough, too many, too much

Wordpopular  JLPT N4  conjunction  expression 

• so, therefore, accordingly, consequently, on those grounds, that is why, for that reason
• like I said, I told you already

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  な adjective  adjective (generic)  adverb  colloquial  interjection  archaic  noun  noun (generic) 

• safe, secure, sound, problem-free, without fear, all right, alright, OK, okay
• certainly, surely, undoubtedly
• no thanks, I'm good, that's alright
• great man, fine figure of a man